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Shown here are enlarged characterizations of the recorded grooves starting with the master lacquer through full "process plating" to the final pressed record

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A music source is fed to a mastering lathe and the modulated signal causes the grooves to be cut in the master lacquer. The master lacquer, although slightly larger, appears very much like a finished LP without labels. The master lacquer is then put in electroplating, where the metal master is made (to eliminate groove deterioration).


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From each master lacquer only one metal master can be plated, from which the metal mother is plated.




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Metal mothers can be "pulled" from the one metal master from which metal stampers are plated.
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Metal stampers (the manufacturing press discs) can be "pulled" from each metal mother and from each stamper approximately 500 to 1,000 finished records can be pressed.
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